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<h1 class="title">mime.convs(5)</h1>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
mime.convs - mime type conversion file for cups (deprecated)
<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
The <b>mime.convs</b> file defines the filters that are available for converting files from one format to another.
The standard filters support text, PDF, PostScript, and many types of image files.
<p>Additional filters are specified in files with the extension <i>.convs</i> in the CUPS configuration directory.
<p>Each line in the <b>mime.convs</b> file is a comment, blank, or filter
line.
Comment lines start with the # character.
Filter lines specify the source and destination MIME types along with a relative cost associated with the filter and the filter to run:
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    source/type destination/type cost filter

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The <i>source/type</i> field specifies the source MIME media type that is consumed by the filter.
<p>The <i>destination/type</i> field specifies the destination MIME media type that is produced by the filter.
<p>The <i>cost</i> field specifies the relative cost for running the filter.
A value of 100 means that the filter uses a large amount of resources while a value of 0 means that the filter uses very few resources.
<p>The <i>filter</i> field specifies the filter program filename.
Filenames are relative to the CUPS filter directory.
<h2 class="title"><a name="FILES">Files</a></h2>
<i>/etc/cups</i> - Typical CUPS configuration directory.
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<i>/usr/lib/cups/filter</i> - Typical CUPS filter directory.
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<i>/usr/libexec/cups/filter</i> - CUPS filter directory on macOS.
<h2 class="title"><a name="EXAMPLES">Examples</a></h2>
Define a filter that converts PostScript documents to CUPS Raster format:
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    application/vnd.cups-postscript application/vnd.cups-raster 50 pstoraster

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<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2>
CUPS filters are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
<a href="man-ippeveprinter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ippeveprinter</b>(1).</a>
<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
<a href="man-cups-files.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-files.conf</b>(5),</a>
<a href="man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf</b>(5),</a>
<a href="man-cupsd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd</b>(8),</a>
<a href="man-cupsfilter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsfilter</b>(8),</a>
<a href="man-mime.types.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.types</b>(5),</a>
CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
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